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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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